Voting-machine.



B. B. CUMMINGS. VOTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAX. 8, 1900.

Patented Dec. 5, 1911.

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$5 ATTORNEY.

E. B. CUMMINGS.

VOTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED EAR. a, 1900.

1,010,596; Patented Dec.5,191-1.

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$4 ATTORNEY.

E. B. CUMMINGS.

VOTING MAGHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAB. a, 1900.

Patented Dec. 5, 1911.

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lVlTN/ZSSESi; MW c vane/f INVIDVTOR.

ATTORNEY.

E. B. CUMMINGS.

VOTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION nun In. a, 1900.

Patented De0.5, 1911.

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E. B. CUMMINGS.

VOTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 8, 1900,

Patented Dec. 5, 1911.

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IV! T NESSE S E. B. CUMMINGS.

VOTING MAGHINE.

' APPLICATION nun MAR. a, 1900.

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Patented Dec.5, 1911.

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VOTING MACHINE.

ArrmoA'rlon FILED In. a, 1000.

Patented D60.5,1911

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INVENTOR.

J ATTORNEY.

WIYYVESSES:

B. B. CUMMINGS.

VOTING MACHINE.

- APPLICATION FILED IAB. e, 1900.

1,010,596. Patented Dec.5, 1911.

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E. B. CUMMINGS. VOTING HAICHINB. APPLIGATIOI mum 111111.11, 1900.

Patented Dec. 5, 1911.

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WITNESSES E. B. CUMMINGS. VOTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAB. 8, 1900.

1 #010,596, Patented Dec. 5, 1911.

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- ""on theregular ticket.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EnwIN R. CUMMINGS, Marion, 'and invented a certainhereby declare that thefollowing is a full,

iclear, and exact description thereof, refer- "ence being'had to theaccompanying draw- -ings, in which like letters refer to like parts.

The object'of e this invention is'to 'mplify and i'mprovetlieconstruction and peration "of votlng'rtfachi'nes."

This invention is a carrying forward of my former inventions set forthin Letters PatentNosl' 585,742 and 585,743 dated July- Aside from accurafull (1 successful fopeiation of the mac ine, on *of the main"objects'so'u'ght is compactness an lightness ported and handled.

.wherebythe machine can be readily trans- Furthermore, the

as'to beunderstood by imechanics of rdiprincip1es*of its constructionarefso 51211918 nary skill. The machine is also so arr nged that it canbe extended to accomniodate any number of ofiicers or tickets. It isadapted for voting stfr'jaight tickets r forl individual 'fcarididatesor mixed. ticke s, for "multiple voting and for accommodatinglimited"votersand voting for candidates not One featu're of thisinvehtionconsists in means for indicating to persons outside of "thevoting room'thenumber ofvoters, and

the number of times the machine has been .operated. e In other words, itdiscloses to,

those outside every movement of the machine that affects theregistration of votes.

This information may be thus furnished to partiesimmediatelyw utside ofthe voting rdomfor'fby suitable c nnections to persons politicalheadquart rs or any other disin, means p rov'idin t n'tpl'ace' Hence-tis not only informs those outside. at anytime on election day of thenumberof votes that have been east but itserves as a check uponmanipulation of the machine.

Another feature of thisinve'ntion consists V for the accommodation ofanew ticket whlch h as been broughtfofutjust before the election andafter all the any improper '1 1eg'ular jspaces [have .been occupied byother parties or. ticket-sf Thislis accomplished here": a key ,.like theother straightlticke't keys-end suitable card or ticket receptacle inwhich the new ticket ebwmsaiiamms, afofisrniirina Applicationflled March8, 1900. Serial News.

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may be intr oduced after the operation of the key and when thekey isthus' operated the machine will be wholly lockedagainst any furthervot-ing'fon anyticket or any candidate. An important feature of this invntion consists in operating all of 'the regist rjs for the candidatesbeing voted for simiiltaneously by the opening of the door \as he leavesthe booth or a similar automatic means, such as a lever ora platform. Tothis end the "operation of'the key by the voter does not actuate theregister but sets a pawl in position to actuate;the register and thispawl is eperate'dby"ineansthat is set inmotion by the'opening the enitdoor or lever. To accomplish this'piirpofse, as Well asmany others, Ihave constructed this In ch e' with what may be called two genera ifmes, one a stationary frame and. anothe rid-iron laterally movable framethat is 0) r ted, at least in the machine herein s vn, by the entrance"andexit doors. T e grid-iron frame works to' and fr'iin the stationaryframe.f'Alsoevery-' thing is so arranged as to actuate 'byfpushing andis therefore disconnected and pendent, so that no bacl n vard move vanything affects the operation oft hf m zi; chine in any way.Thendvanta'ge ofthisis that when any part has been operated sufiicientlyfar to accomplish itsworkfany further movement of.it will'have no eifect. Another feature of the invention consists, in the booth andarrangement of the doors. The entrance door when openedjican only moveoutward and its opening "returns,

through the act-ion of the grid iron1 frame,

various parts of the iinachine to 'their ope-rated position ready 'foruse The en trance door is provided with a spring catch operated by aknob"on the outside. A spring closes the door when the voter enters andnoknob is provided onj-the inside so that he can not returnbyithisidoorjb'ut" must go out through the; exit vdoor. Like .[wise theexit door has a spring to close" it and a knob on the inside to actiafte it aiid I no knob ,on the outside so" a voter can not come in thewrong way. Also. a latch is provided for catching'the entrance door andh olding it closed while theje rit door is open but .is so arranged that\vhenthe exit door is \closed it releases the latch on the entrance doorwhereby it can be opened. Bv this means no voter can ,enter the boothwhile the preceding voter is leavin it and before he has efi'aced fromthe mac inc all means of showing how he has voted by return of the keysto their normal position. It also prevents opposing action of the twodoors of the machine.

Another feature of the invention consists in niounting on a separateplate all of the registering wheels that operate for the benefit of asingle candidate and means for actuating such wheels. These form groupsor sections for each candidate and are alike so that they can beindependently removed and replaced and are interchangeable and enablethe machine to be enlarged in any direction,

Another feature consists in the ballot holder and the constructionwhereby it can be readily removed or inserted in place; also in meansfor indicating to persons in the room whether a voter is in the booth ornot.

Another feature of the invention consists in providing means toaccommodate limited voters, that is, persons who are entitled to voteonly for some of the tickets or candidates. To that end means areprovided for the election oflicers, when a limited voter is ready toenter the booth, by operating a key or other means to lock all thelocking bars for all the candidates that the limited voter in-notentitled to vote for and thus restrict the scope of suffrage.

Another feature consists in niakingcertain improvements in the repeaterto provide for multiple voting.

These with the other features of my invention will more fully appearfrom the accompanying drawings and the description following of one formof device embodying said invention; and the scope of the invention willbe understood from the claims following said description.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a front elevation of'the voting machineindependent of the booth, centrally broken away and with portions of thelower part removed to make the construction plain. Fig. 2 is a rearelevation of the portion shown in Fig. 1 with the back casing or plateof the machine removed, showing the machine in an unlocked position, thecentral parts being broken away. Fig. 3 shows the same as Fig. 2 withthe machine in the locked position. Fig. 4 is a cross section of thebooth in which the voting machine proper is mounted with parts centrallybroken away and showing the means for actuating the voting machine bythe doors. Fig. 5 is a rear elevation of the votin machine proper withthe back casing on, the same being broken awayas shown.

Fig. 8 is a cross section on the line CC of Fig. 6 is a horizontal crosssectionof the voting machine on the l1ne A-A of Fig. 6 excepting thatthe keys are not show.

in section but in end elevation. Fig. 9 is a vertical cross section onthe line DD of Fig. 1. Fig. 10 is a front elevation of a portion of thevoting machine with the parts broken away to show the means for voting astraight ticket. Fig. 11 shows the upper righthand corner of Fig. 2 withthe limited ticket bar operated. Fig. 12 shows the same as Fig. 11 withtheupper part of the limited ticket bar broken away to reveal the meanswhereby voting an irregular ticket locks the rest of the machine. Fig.13 is a cross section of the upper part of the booth showing the votingmachine proper in front elevation as the voter looks at it while votingand showing above means for locking the entrance door. Fig. 14 is thelower right hand corner of Fig. 2 showing the parts in position afterthe machine has been set for voting the limited ticket. Fig. 15 is anelevation of the 111631181 01 operating the locking bar and setting theparts in position for actuation of the registering mechanism while saidparts are in unoperated position. Fig. 16 is the same as Fig. 15 showingthe parts operated by the key. Fig. 17 shows the same parts as Fig. 15excepting the register and pawl, with the parts locked.

Fig. 18 is a front elevation of the repeater enlarged with the parts inunoperated position. Fig. 19 is the same with the parts in the operatedposition. Fig. 20 is a section on the line E-lj of Fig. 1. Fig. 21 is anelevation of the locking means in the repeater for preventing theoperation of more than one key at a time. Figs. 22 and 23 are details ofthe stop and indicating mechanisms of the repeater. Fig. 24: is a'detail of part of Fig. 10 after the keys are operated. Fig. 25 is adetail of the means whereby the door operates the machine. Fig. 26 is anelevation of a part of a building showing a voting room, the parts beingin section, with a voting booth in the room, a register and indicatoroutside the room and building and a connection between the two. Fig. 27is an elevation of the register shown in Fig. 26 with the front plateremoved.

Referring now to the details of const uction of the machine herein shownfor the purpose of illustrating the nature of this invention and givingattention in the first place to the voting machine proper independent ofthe booth'in which it is mounted and whereby it is partly operated. aframe is formed of .the vertical plates 1 and 2 and the horizontalplates 3 and 4 and the vertical reinforcing plates or bars 5. The plates1, 2, "3 and 4 are flat plates riveted on each other as shown and theplates 4 are secured to the.

posts 6 to which are screwed the plates 5 by ni'eans ofthe screw 7. Theplates 1 and 2 are in the sameplane, the plates 1 being at'the,

ends and the plates 2 between the endsof the machine. here The f lates 4are in 5 extend at a right angle from to give to such frame rigidity.

Across the back of the machine, as appears in the upper part of Fig. 6,I screw to the posts 6 vertical plates 8to which the vertical plates 9are screwed, as appears in said Fig. 6. At each side of the machinethere is a vertical plate 10 secured to the lateral plates 9 by angleirons 11 and similar plates 12 are provided at the top and bottom. Allabout the face of the machine a suitable molding 13 is secured by thescrews 14 to the angle-iron 11 that is attached to the side and bottomof the plates 10 and 12. All these parts are made preferably of metal.

The foregoing constitutes the general frame of the voting machineproper. As stated the plates 1 and 2 divide the machine 'intovertical-sections for the various tickets or parties. In these sectionssuitable registering mechanisms are mounted one above the other, one setfor each candidate. The registering mechanisms and the means upon whichthey are mounted form together independent groups whereby they may besingly removed or replaced as desired. One of said groups consists ofthe plate 15 whose ends are -secured.to the plate 2 by a screw. Each endof said plate 15 is provided with an extension 16 that enters suitablerecesses in the opposite sides of the plates 17 which.

is secured on the face of the plate 2. The screws 32 for securing saidplates 15 to the plates 2 preferably pass through the exten sion 16 andby reason of'said extension 16 fitting into the recess in the plate 17only one screw is needed and the parts wi be held rigidly in position.Said plate 15 is provided with suitable holes 18 for the mounting of theseries of registers 19, 20 and 21. These registers may be made in anysuitable manner as I claim no invention in them asshown herein; in factwhat is here shown is an old and well known form commonly styled theGeneva wheel. Each register has an indicating wheel having on its facenumerals from zero up to nine, as appears in my priorPatent No. 585,742.Said indicating numerals are disclosed through suitable openings 22 inthe plates 23,.to be found in Fig.

The unit register is driven through the wheel 24 to be seen in Figs. 15and 16 by means of the sliding pawl or plate having at one end a pin 26that extends through was! I are We cf: th .he i l. catatth'. vatesl hnd2'; There, is one of the plates2 for leach, ticket :lines" n Figs.

la ,s j'3, and are} '2, whereby the plates 1;, 5and 6 arl removable.Theplates"; the frame composed of the plates 1, 2, 3 and 4 in order theslot 27 in ni n this manner the" a -eatin 11mm nt bfthi l p wlfl .li f eto suit thefregistering wheel a Onthe laws" 9 the sliding pawl 25 a pairof ratchet tee h 28 are provided to "engage the Provide a d ub rmedtcheck Pawljor an Vided with a hook 30 to engage the inclined face of theteeth on the wheel 2 1 to'bring the end 31 of said pawl-into engagementteeth of the registering wheel 24. ,To limit the movement-of theregistering wheel 25. 1

with one of the teeth of the wheel 24sto prevent its backward movement."The advantage of this pawl arrangement over a spring to prevent thebackward movement of the wheel 24. is first that 'it does not createnearly so much frict ion'aga'inst' the wheels 24 so thatsaid wheels aremovable with less power or exertion and since, as will hereafter appear,a number of these registers are simultaneously actuated'by the openingof the door of the booth as a voter leaves it it is'desirable top1'event"the f1' ic tion th t would result iirom's'o large a humber ofsprings bearing, against the wheels 24. Inthe second place the action ofthis pawl is alwayspositiveand'certain. And this is of most vitalconsequencebecause contributes much to the accuracyf ofthema} chine inregistering the vote 'asc'astl After the sliding pawl 25 .has ,been'actir ated whereby the registering wheel 2l is turned one notch,said sliding pawl'isre turned;from the position shownin Fig. 15' to thatshown in Fig. 16 by tliepivota'l arm 33 secured to the pin 31 thatextends-throughthe plate 17. To hold each vertical series of saidpivotal arms 33 and the sliding "pawls and locking bars 90 in position,I place upon the same the plate 35 .andin'front'ofthe plate 35 I mountthe plate 36; whichiis held apart from said plate by the spacers 37 andis secured by the screws'38'that extend through said plate 36, thespacers 37, the plate 35 and the plate 17" and'screw into'the plate 2,whereby all of said plates'andintermediate mechanism are "held*securely" in From said key 4.0 a pin 13 extends'through the slot 4 1 inthe plate36 and through a suitable notch 45 in the.plate 35 and engagesthepivotal arm 33 on the under "de of'the rear'projection of said armand? o oneside of the pivotal point of,"sai darm. From this it is seenthat the operation of this lteywvould continue to elevate the rear proect on of said pivotal arm 33 and therebyi rotate sald arm to the leftas shown in Fig. 15 ;which will cause the arm to move the sliding pawl.'25 from the position shown in Fig. to

that shown in Fig. 16. The lower edge of the upper portion of saidpivotal arm 33 is inclined upward somewhat in a direction away from itspivotal point in all positions 1 of said arm in order to permit theupward shown in Figs. 16 and 17 it falls against and rests u on said ke)in 43 as-a )ears in Fig. 10. Said pivotal arm 33 is so formed andpivoted that specific gravity will positivelyhold it in either itsoperated or unoperated position. Therefore said arm is so mounted thatit passes its center of gravity in moving from the unoperated to theoperated position as shown respectively in Figs. 15 and 16., As appearsin Fig. 15 the upper portion and rear projection are heavier and morethan balance the curved -extension on the other side of the verticalline through the pivotal center, and on the other hand, as appears inFig. 16, the left hand extension of the upper part and also the lowerpart outweigh the rear extension and thereby hold the arm positively inthe position shown in said figure. This latter is of importance forotherwise the same voter could vote for another candidate for thesameoiiice as will hereafter be explained. With the construction hereinshown that is impossible.

The ballots are held in a vertically movable holder formed of a plate 50with tongues 51 punched out of the same to leave openings and turnbackward and upward -to form a receptacle for a ballot containing thename of-the candidate and the oflice he is seeking. Said plate has onits inner face along each side vertical guides 53 secured thereto whichrest against the plates 36 and thereby hold the ballot holder fromlateral movement and enable the same to be vertically moved between saidplates 36. Said ballot holder is prevented from backward movement whilein place by the plate 50 overlapping the edges of the adjacent plate 36and is pre vented from any forward movement by the pins 54 projectinglaterally from the guides 53 immediately behind the edges of said plates86. The edges of the plates 36 are provided with a series of notches 55,as appears in Fig. 1, corresponding with the pins 54: when the ballotholder is in the lowest position possible. Itis therefore plain that bylowering the ballot holder sufliciently it can be moved forward, saidpins '54 passing through the notches 55, and thereby be removed from themachine if desired.

The upturned tongues 51 extend sufiiciently high that when said ballotholder is in its uppermost position said tongues will from the keys 40extend.

conceal the indicating numerals that otherwise would show through theholes 22 in the plates 23. Itis desired to hold the ballot in itsuppermost position while the voting is in progress. A rock shaft 58 ismounted horizontally through the plates 5, as appears in Figs. 2, 3, 5,7 and 9. The ballot holder 50 is normally held in its uppermost positionby the pin 57 which engages the cross bar 63 secured to the guides 53carrying the ballot holder 50, as seen in Fig. 7 Extending in line with57 is the pin 59 so that when 57 is at its upper limit 59 is at itslower limit in which position it is held when the screw 60 is turneddown till ,they contact and any interference is prevented by the door 61which is closed and'locked by two difi'erent locks. To lower the ballotholder and reveal the count, the door is opened, the screw 60 is turnedup to the position shown in Fig. 7

and the rock shaft is rotated by a removable lever inserted in the hole62.

In order to preventthe accidental operation of any of the keys 12 by thecoat sleeve or other means I provide a guard rail 64: extendingvertically between the row of key knobs l2 when in their unoperatedposition. The guard rail is secured to the ballot holder or plate 50, asappears in Figs. 6 and 7 by means of the spacers 65 riveted to saidguard rail and ballot holder. There is one key 40 provided for eachcandidate. as

' appears in Fig. 1. The action of said key when operated upon thepivotal arm has been explained- Said key is so mounted that in itsoperation it passes over a vertical line through its pivotal center sothat gravity tends to'hold it in either its operated or unoperatedposition so that, being held in its operated position the voter canclearly observe which keys he has operated which is a matter ofimportance to the voter.

,Means for voting a straight ticket is also provided in this machine. Tothat end a straight ticket bar is mounted vertically slidable on theplate bet-ween the guides 38. Said bar is moved vertically by thestraight ticket key whose rounded end is centrally pivoted in the plate36 and away from its center has the inwardly extending pin 76, shown inigs. 9 and 10, that extends into the straight ticket bar 70. Saidstraight ticket keys 75 are preferably made in the same shape as the key40 but the arm portion 11 is preferably longer to provide greaterleverage, inasmuch as the straight ticket bar must actuate all of thekeys provided for the individual candidates in the whole straightticket. As seen in Figs. 1 and 10, the bar 70 is provided with notches71 in its edge through which the pin 43 It is obvious therefore thatwhen the straight ticket key 75 is operated by depressing the end 42simultaneously.

'guided in its lateral movement.

thereof it will elevjatveithe. straight ticket bar 70 and the notches71, as shown in Fig. 10, will elevate and operate every individual key5&0 iii the series and therefore will oper ate all of the pivotal arms33 in the series Having explained the framework ballot holders,keys,registering mechanism and the means forsetting the sliding pawlsfor the ticket or candidate for whom the voter desires to cast a vote, Inow proceed [to explain the means for actuating said registersthrough.said sliding pawls. Af'grid- 'ii'on fraine is mounted to be laterallyslid able between the plates 15 and 4, which are heldfapart by theupright plates 1 and 2. It appears in Figs. 2 and 3 and is composed of aseries of horizontal bars 80 and vertical bars 81. The bars 80 areprovided with longitudinal slots 82 through which pins 83 extend whichare secured to the. plates 2, and thereby the said grid-iroi'i frame isSaid gridiron is-moved laterally from the position shown in Fig. 2 tothe position shown in F1 3 b 111621118 OJQIfltQd b the entrancedooror'l'ever operated before voting that will hereafter be explainedand it is reversed by means operated by the-exit door or lever operatedafter voting. The pin 26 secured to y the sliding pawl 25 and extendingthrough a slot in theplate15, as appears in "Figs. 16 and 1, isprovidedwith a head, as

shown in Figs. 2 and 3 which is engaged by the vertical plate 81 otthegrid ron frame and moved from the position shown in F 1g.

."16 to the position shown in Fig. 15 and that I movement causes thesliding pawl 25 to actuate the registering wheel 24. It is)bservedtherefore that in this machine the operation of the key or keysby the voter does not actuate the registers but pushes back the slidingpawls 25 into position-to operate the registers for all the candidatesbeing voted for. Then as'the voter leaves the booth the opening of thedoor, through bar'a pin 91 provided that. the head'of the pivotai armi33-wni the grid iron frame, actuates all the sliding pawls 2,5 which thevoter has put in position and thereby simultaneously actuates all theregisters for all the candidates, for whom he is voting.

The locking mechanism will be understood from the following description:A series of sectional lockingba-rs 90 are placed end to end horizontallybetweenthe plates 15 and on the same. plane; in fact they occupy, an

the machine-where shownaillflthe'ispace be,-

tween the? plates, 15 but-aresomounted as to bereadily movablelaterally. wThere is therefore one sectional locking. bar 96 above eachplate 5 for the mechanism. .mounted on such pla locking actuated wherebysaid locking bar is moved this work.

laterally from the position shown in Fig. 15 to that shown in Fig. 16.The limit of movement of said locking bar isv fixed by the limit ofmovement of the movable frame.

It is observed that when one of these sectional locking bars is thusoperated it will operate or push to the left all the other sections tothe left of it but will not move those sections to the right of it. Astop. lug 9-1 is placed on every sectional locking bar of each seriesexcepting the one to the left. Said lug is near the left end of eachlocking bar on which it is placed, as. shown in Figs. 15, 16 and 17, insuch position that it Will not engage the upper surface of the rearextensionof the pivotal arm 33 in its unoperated position, as shown inFig. 15, in case the locking bar to the left be operated and also insuch position as to pass far enough over the surface of said rearextension of the piv otal arm as toprohibitthe operation of said pivotalarm after the locking bar to the left has been operated, as appears inFig. 17.- From this description it- -is observed that when a key hasbeen operated all of the sec-- -tional locking'bars and pivotal arms tothe left of the operated key will be in the position shown in Fig. 17and therefore none of such arms can be operated because of the lug 94that stops the upward movement of the rear extension of the arm 33 andthe locking bar to the right of the operated key will be in the positionwith relation to the pivotal arm 33 that is shown in Fig. 16 so thatsaid locking bar to the right can not be operated because the lug 94engages the rear upward surfaceof-the rear extension of said arm 33,and, since the first section to the right can not be operated, none ofthe other locking barsto the right can be moved as they all abut againsteach o ther. Therefore, it is observed that when one key in a cross rowhas been operated no other key in the cross row can be operated and noother candidate for the same office bevoted for.

The locking bars are all reset simultaneously by the 'movement of thegrid iron frame, that is the vertical bars 81 in their lateral movementengage the pins 95 that extend rearward from the locking bars, asappears in Figs. 2 and 3. Therefore said locking bars are returned totheir unoperated position at the same time that the sliding pawls 25 areactuated and the pivotal arms 33 and the voting keys are returned totheir ,unoperated position. While. the sliding pawls25 may, be used toreturn the pivotal arms'33 and voting keys to their unoperatedpositiomstill in the machine hereinshown I-depend upon the locking barsto perform Therefore, a's s hownin Fig. 15 ictionis such thatthe-finalrepawi' 25 being out of contactwith said piv 'i'iovenient, of .thepivotal arm 1 33 .is doniy by"v the iocking bar. and mg iao otal arm.lVhile' said pivotal arm is in its unoperated position I desire "toleave space between it and the end of the sliding pawl 25 in order thatany jarring of the keywill not cause the pivotal arm 33 to strike thesliding pawl 25 and give it any movement. Such movement of the pivotalarm 33 is prevented by the contact of the pin 91 on the locking bar 90against the head of the pivotal arm 33, or by the contact of its rearextension with the stop 94:.

The grid iron frame is returned by means operated by the entrance doorwhen it is opened, and that will now be described. The mounting of thevoting machine proper in the booth will appear in Fig. 13. There isshown a jamb 100 on each side with a tie bar 101 at the top and a crosspiece 102 which is preferably placed about three feet from the floor orbottom of the booth. The jambs 100 are constructed in cross section asshown in Fig. 4: with opposing vertical recesses 103 in which the sidesof the voting machine proper fit snugly so that the voting machine restsupon the cross bars 10.2. It may be secured to the boot-h in any desiredmanner. To one jamb there is hinged the entrance door 104: andto theother is hinged the exit door 105., Said doors are provided with straps106 preferably one at each end provided with eyes at their free ends to'fit over and be rigidly secured to the vertical rods 107 that extendthrough said jambs from top to bottom so as to be rotatable. On saidrods 107 I secure arms or arm collars 108 to the outer portion of whichI pivot push rods 109 that extend through suitable slots in the sideplates 10 of the voting machine proper and their inner end engages theside of the grid iron frame so that when said push rods are pushed or Ioperated by the opening of the doors they will move' said grid ironframe laterally. When the entrance door 104 is open the push rod 109'which it operatesQengitges the side of the independent ballotreceptacle, 135

which is secured to the left side of the grid iron frame as shown inFigs. 2 and 3 and which will be hereafterexplained and moves said gridiron frame from the position shown in Fig. 3 to the position shown inFig. 2. This unlocks the voting mechanism.

On the other hand when the door 105 is opened as the voter leaves thebooth, the rods 109 push against the upturned end of the cross bars 80of the grid iron frame and move said frame from the position shown inFig. 2 to that shown in Fig. 3. This lateral movement operates theregisters and returns the locking bars, pivotal arms and voting keys tonormal and locks the voting mechanism.

To preventthe entrance door from being opened while the exit door isopen that no voter may come 1n at the entrance door until after thepreceding voter has gone out of the booth and the exit door is closed, Iprovide a latch bar 115 mounted on the pivot 116 that is secured to thefront wall 117 of .the voting booth, that is the wall behind the voterwhile he is voting. A suitable latch 118 is provided at one end to saidlatch bar 115 that engages a suitable shaped plate 119 which is securedto the entrance door near the top. The end of the latch bar that holdsthe entrance door is heavier than the other end thereof so that gravitywill actuate said latch bar. Said latch'bar is held out of engagementwith the entrance door by means of the tongue 220 that is secured to theexit door and which engages and rides upon the inclined end 121 of thelatch bar as said exit door is closed whereby the end of the latch baradjacent to said door is depressed. This eleva es the end on which thecatch 118 is placed and releases the entrance door. From this it is seenthat when a voter leaves the booth and opens the exit door thusdisengaging the inclined end 221 of the latch bar gravity will cause theother end to engage and hold the entrance door secure against theadmission of any voter until the exit door is closed and brought againinto the position shown in Fig. 13. It is preferable that said door alsobe held closed by a spring 2 15 or other means commonly used for holdingdoors shut, and it is preferable that the entrance door have no knob 216on the inner side and the exit door have no knob on the outer side sothat the voter cannot return.

The arrangement of the arm collar 108 and the push rods 109 is such thatthe .grid iron frame will be fully actuated by the time the door isone-fourth open sufiiciently to permit a man to pass through. Byreasonof the push rods 109 being disconnected with the grid iron framethe further movement of the door or any oscillation or swinging of thedoor will have no effect.

.The number of voters is registered by the opening of the entrance doorwhich shifts the grid iron frame from the position shown in Fig. 3 totheposition shown in Fig. 2 and by placing on one of the bars of said framea post 120 that extends to the back of the plate 9 of the machine. Onthe inside of said back plate I mount- 'a register of the same nature'as the registering mechanism for the single candidates or straighttickets ,and said registering mechanism is actuated by the slidingpawl25 in the same manner as the other registering mechanisms. The pin 26secured to the sliding pawl 25 extends into a recess or hole in the post120. Therefore when the grid iron frame is moved. in

either direction it through the post 120 moves the sliding pawl to andfro and in this manner actuates the wheel 21 and the rest of theregistering mechanism. To disclose the 1 indicating numerals on theindicating Wheels ofthe registering mechanism I provide three apertures121 in the back plate. 9 whereby the total number of voters that haveentered the y booth .will be disclosed to the election officers andthere is no means for concealing .such' registration.

In order to indicate to those outside whether a voter is in the booth-ornot I provide a finger 122 or other index which is'secure-d to a shaft123 extending through the. back plate 9 and having on its inner end ayoke .124 that is placed astride the post 120. Consequently when theentrance door is opened said index is oscillated one way and when theexit door is opened it is oscillated the opposite way. The position towhich it moves is respectively indicated by the words In and Out orother means.

While T have already explained means in this machine for indicating tothe election efiicers and other persons the number of voters who has evoted, I alsoprovide means forindicating the number who have voted topersons outside, the voting room, say at the headquarters of politicalparties. To accomplish that I provide the rod 125 that .is connectedwith the grid iron fralneor other means operated in locking or unlock-30 ing the machine that extend out of the machine into actuatingengagement with any suitable means for operating the registers,counters, signals or other indicating means at any desired distance. Ihere show said rod 125 and its connections as operating a register 126similar to the other registering mechanisms shown. Any telegraphic ormechanical means heretofore employed would sufiice to indicate at theother end every movement of'the grid iron frame or other means operatedin locking and unlocking the machine. This not only indicates tooutsiders the total number of voters but it discloses to thenreverymovement or the machine so that no votes can be unlawfully cast or themachine be tampered with without the knowledge of the watchers on theoutside." Of. course such means for convey ing information from themachine to outside arties should be concealed from or renderedinaccessible to the parties within the room where the voting is beingconducted. It is obvious that any similar connec- .tion with theentrance door or any other means that is to be operated to record a voteor put the machine in condition for recording a vote will sutfice. Meansarealso provided in this machine for permitting a bal lot to be cast forcandidates not on the regular tickets. observedin Fig; 1 at the righthand end of the machine there is a wide face plate 36 and'adjacent to itand super-v imposed uponits edge the ballot holder plate 50. I By meansof these plates and the'parts 65 attached thereto the irregular votingis accomplished. .LuU ballot holder ,50 adjacentto the end plate36 isformed'and arranged, the same as the other ballot holdersand behind itthe same kind of registers are pro-. vided and init the same kind ofticketsexcept that the name of thccandidatc is blank, The name of theotlice is shown andfoppositei to each of the openings insaid ballotholder there is a corresponding key 130 mounted on the plate 36 with thelever portion ll extend,- ing,.when in normal position, horizontally tothe right and covering and concealing the horizontally extended slot13l. When a person desires to vote for a candidate for a certain otlicenot on any of the regular tickets he first operates the key 130 byturning it upward somewhat, as shown in Fig. 1, thus'uncovering saidslot and introduces a card ba'l: lot through the slot. When the key isoperated as-suggested it actuates the sliding pawl 25 and the lockingbar in the same way that the other keys do as heretofore described,

thus counting one in the register and locking the machine so that he cannot vote for any other candidate for the same office. For this purposest fl card board ballots 132 are provided as indicated in Fig. 8. Asshown in said figure, behind the plate 36 the end of the plate 2 is alsoprovided with slots 133 which are so narrow as to permit the pas- 5 sagethrough. them of only one ballot. The guides 134 are provided for thecard in; its passage from the slot 131 to the slot 133, each set ofslots having a guide above and a guide below that flare outward. The topside of one of these guides is shown in Fig. 6, said guide being formedof a plate secured to the plate 2 and having its ends bent to form theguides. As seen in Fig. 6 a ticket receptacle is provided for theseballots consisting of the side plates 135 with the inclined slats 136tobe seen in Fig. 8 secured between them making a rigid constructionthat is secured to the backturned ends 137 ofthe bars 80 formingapart ofthe grid iron frame. This receptacle is immediately behind the plate 2and extends farther to theright than the plate 2, as appears in Fig. 6when the ballot is cast and before the voter has left the booth. Thelength of the card board ticket-132 and the width ,oft he chamber intowhich it extends as shown in Fig. 8 should be such that said ticket cannot be) pushed through the slot 133 so as to escape downward, thuspreventing the introduction ofa second ticket.

As seen in Fig. 8 the ticketv before itcanbe pushed in far enough todrop'would engage the'back plate Q'WhiCh would stop its 'furthermovement so far-as the voteris concerned. hen the ticket is in theposit-ion shown in Fig. 8, the parts are in the position shown'in Fig.6, as the voter leaves the booth and opensthe exit door the grid ironframe is moved to the right, as shown in Fig.1fiiao the top so that aballot containing the whole ticket onewishes to vote'may be inserted inthe manner heretofore described and when it is thus; voted the rest ofthe mechanism is locked to prevent voting other tickets or' for anyindividual candidate. This looking is caused by one of the keys 130 andits corresponding pivotalarm 33 actuating the locking bar 140 which islike the sectional locking bar 90 excepting that it extends entirelythrough the machine, as ap- 'pears in Figs. 2 and 3, where the back ofit 144 andthe locking bars 90. I have also 3 is shown. This locking bar140 is independent of the locking bars for the other straight ticketkeys. Said locking bar 140 is connected by a bell crank 141 with thevertically sliding locking bar 142, as shown in Fig. 12. When it is inthe position shown in Fig. 12. that is elevated, it prevents theoperation of all the locking bars 90 so that no other straightticket keyand no individual ticket key can be operated and no other independentballot voted because it engages the screws 144 on the locking bars 90.When the locking bar 140 is not operated it and the bell crank 141 arein the position shown in Figs. 2, 3 and 11; and then the verticallocking bar 142, being forced downward from the position shown in Fig.12, the notches 143 therein permit the movement of the screws providedmeans for the accommodation of limited voters by which I mean personswho are permitted to vote for some of the candidates or tickets. Whenalimited voter wishes to vote'during the progress of the voting theelection officer before such voter enters the booth operates the limitedvoter key 145 on the back, as seen in Fig. 5. Thatkey is pivoted to theback '9 and has secured to it an inwardly extending pin 146 thatoperates through the segmental slot 147 in the, back 9 which extendsinto the" oblong hole 148 in the vertically sliding bar 149,

as seen inFigs. 2, 3. 11 and 121 The knob of the key 145 is depressed inoperating the key and therefore its operation elevates I said bar 149from the position shown in Figs. 2, 3 and 12 to the position shown in'Figs 11. When said bar 149 is in the unoperated position shown in Fig. 2it does not interfere with the operation of the looking bars 90, as'thescrew heads 144 can readily enter the notches 150 in said bar.

hen said bar is operated and elevated as seen in Fig. 1, it engages thescrew heads 144 on the locking bars 90 and prevents the operation of thelocking bars, excepting some of them as hereinafter described. If thelimited voter is entitled to vote for a certain office the screws 144 onthe locking bar controlling the voting for candidates for that ofliceare removed and replaced by other screws similar excepting they haveshorterheads so that they will not be engaged by the bar 149 whenelevated or operated in Fig. 11. The machine is prepared for this beforeeach election by inserting the shorter screws 144 instead of the longerones in the locking bars for the oflices that the limited voter isentitled to operate. To prevent the return of the bar 149 when elevatedby the election ofiicers as above explained, I provide a catch bar 152which is bivotally mounted to one of the cross bars 4 so as to dependtherefrom. It has a finger 153 extending against the edge of the bar 149as seen in Fig. 2. When the bar 149 is depressed, as in that figure, thecatch bar 152 is pushed away somewhat from the position it would occupyif swinging free but when said bar 149 is elevated, the weight of thebar 152 swings the finger 153 over into one of the notches 150 of thebar 149 and holds said bar up. This engaging position of the finger 153is shown in Fig. 14.- When the limited voter leaves the booth andoperates the grid iron frame by the means heretofore described, the pin155 engages the catch bar 152 and pushes it out of engagement with thenotch 150, as appears in Fig. 3, and then the bar 149 dropsto itsunoperated position. In order to positively require the bar 149 to movedown, I place on one of the cross bars 80 of the grid iron frame the pin156 that engages the surface of a notch 157 in the bar 149 as will beclear from an examination of Figs. 2 and 3. It is obvious, as shown inFig. 2 that 'if the bar 149 is up and the grid iron frame moved to theleft the pin 156 willengage the inclined surface of the notch 157 andforce the frame down. When the bar 149 is not operated .the pin 156 willmove without obstruction into and out of the notch 157, as shown in Fig.3, whenever the grid iron frame is operated. The return of the bar 149by the means described to its normal position will cause the key 145 onthe back side, as shown in Fig. 5, to be'returned to normal. 'It is thusobserved that the machine automatically returnsto its normal positionafter the limited voter has voted and this change is not dc pendent uponthe election oflicer. This machine is also provided with means formultiple voting. This is regulated by what is called a repeater, shownat theleft hand of Figll and in detail in Figs. 18 to 23. The repeateris mounted on plate 1 anyof the locking'bars 90. On the face of saidvbase plate 162 I pivot levers 165 one end of which abuts against astationary vertical bar 167 secured to the plate 1. Said levers 165 endsof the slot.

have at their other end a pin 168 extending through slots 169 in theunlocking plate 170. Said slots 169 arevertical and when the late 170 isin normalposition, as shown in Fig. 18, the pins 168 are in the upperThe repeater is operated by a centrally pivoted key 171 having a pin 176extending through a slot 44 in the face plate 36 and 'wh-ich bearsagainst the plate 170 so that when said key is operated it pushes saidplate 170 to the right from the position shown in Fig. 18, into theposition shown in Fig. 19, and this operation causes the whole repeaterto 'move over into the position shown in Fig. 19 by the lever 165bearing against the bar 167: Whenthe repeater is moved to the right,into the position shown in Fig. 19, the locking bar 90 by'theoperation-of the voting'key causes the pin 16.4 on the end of thelocking bar to enter the notch 163 and. engage the inclined edge of thelocking block 172 and force said block upward thus closing all notches163 above so that no' locking bar ins 164 can enter any of the notches163 a ove and the locking bar which has thus penetrated the notch 163holds all the locking blocks below down soas to close the notches 163below against the entrance of any other locking bar pin.'

Thus the operation of one looking bar will prevent the operation of anyother.

After the voter has moved the repeater into the position shown in Fig.19 and be fore he votes, in other words as soon as he releases the 'keythat throws the repeater over, the spring 175 acting on the levers 16 5draws the plate 170 back into the position 1 shown in Fig.18-but itdoesnot draw the repeater back. After he has voted for one candidate he canoperate the key 171 which throws the plate 170 over intothe positionshown Fig. 19 and that plate engages the pin 164 of the. operatedlocking bar and pushes said lo'ckingbarlmckintonormal pos1- tion. -Thispermits the blocks 172- to return to the normal position and the spring175 drawsback the plate 170. He can then vote again and thesameoperation is'repeated.

In order to limit the number of votes that can be castby one voter inthis mannerl mount as seen in Fig. 22, a short shaft 180 in the baseplate 162 of the repeater. It has on it the disk 181 with the finger 182and on the side of the disk 181 I mount a coiled spring 181 whoseinnerend issecured to the shaft 180 and whose outer end is secured tothe base plate 162. The purpose of this spring is to return the disk 181to its normal posit-ion when the voter leaves the booth.

On said shaft 180 I also mountthe ratchet wheel 183, to be seen in Fig.18,,that is, engaged and operated by the gravity pawl 185 which ispivoted to the plate 170 by the pivot 186 and is actuated by said plate.l Said pawl has a downwardly extending end 1.87 that rides upon one endof a short lever 188 that is pivoted to the plate 162 at 189. At theother end of said lever 188 I provide a hook to engage the ratchet teethin the wheel 183. The pin 190 in the plate 1 limits the movement of thelever 188 and engages the inclinedv lower surface thereof in such mannerthat when the repeater is moved into operated position the end of thelever 188 that carries the arm 187 and the pawl 185 will be lowered,thus letting the pawl into actuating engagement with the ratchet wheel183 and also letting the catch end of thelever 188 enga e theratchetteeth, all

of which appears in Fig. 19. It will thus be plain that the'catch on thelever 188 will movement durin all the operation of the hold the ratchetwheel 183 from areverse" device by the voter, and while the repeater isinthe operated position, as shown in Fig. 19. During that time the lever188 is stationary but the pawl 185 is left lree to be moved by the plate17 0 every time the latter is actuated by the voter. leaves thebooth therepeater isreturned to its unoperated position. The end. of the lever188 rides up on the pin 190 thus releasing the cat-sh on said lever fromthe ratchet wheel 183 and also elevating the pawl 185 out of engagementwith the ratchet wheel.

In the plate 162 a series of holes 191 ;11 6 provided to receive a pin192 that servesas hen the voter movement of the. disk 181 by engagingthe" finger 182. There is ,one of these holes 191 for each tooth of theratchet wheel so that by setting the pin 192, one lim ts the numberofballots a voter may cast by means. Thepin 193 is a stationary oftherepeater. stop to limit the back movement of the disk 181. On the same,shaft 180 and against the ratchet wheel 183 I secure the indicatingwheel 194 whose numerals are disclosed through a suitable opening in'thefront, plate 36, as is shown in Fig. 1., This will indicate :to thevoter the'number of times he has voted for the singleoflice; It istherefore plain that with this mechanism hecan vote an adjustable stopto limit the forward

